Land Acknowledgement

…action to advocate for and support the agendas of Native communities. The Garden and Foundation aspire to understand and share a complete history of the land we steward. Indigenous Land…

Douglas Dwight Sharp

…collected for his Master’s thesis, “The phytosociology of the weed communities of Scotland County, North Carolina” which he completed in 1974 with advisor Dr. Helmut Leith in the University of…

Arthur Oliver Tucker, III

…was an accomplished artist, as evidenced by his gardening, cooking, concrete sculptures, painting, botanical illustrations, and stencil work. He was a voracious reader and had amassed a library full of…

Mary Williams Ward Shanor

…As a child, she adored her cousin and best friend, Jane Highsmith, as well as Jane’s brothers George Jr. and Charles Ward. She made all A’s in the Pender County…

Edward Avery McIlhenny

…shy of man, was endowed with a strong, vigorous personality — far better able to cope with the advance of civilization than its lesser companion, the Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophleus pileatus);…

Edwin Huey Bullington

…gravel road from West Fork (Washington County) to Devil’s Den… The CCC also built the first hiking trails in the park, as well as a stone dam on Lee Creek,…

Herman Harrison Braxton

…daughter, Elizabeth Anne, earned her A.B. at Wheaton College. In addition to serving on the Chase City town council for eight years (and Anne serving for six), Dr. Braxton “started…

Ken E. Rogers

…Mississippi Herbarium (USMS) in 1968. “Dr. Rogers had a keen eye for plants and was a prolific collector. He helped convince the administration of the importance of the Ragland Hills…